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Expressive Writing; Maybe the Best Idea of All

And so it begins...8:00 am. Participants find their seats, open their notebooks to a clean page, pens poised, ready for the morning freewri…

Started by Brenda Krupp

9 Jul 13, 2009
Reply by Brenda Krupp

Literacy and Pleseure: Why we read and write in the first place

I must admit that I was so engrossed in "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" that I put aside this book discussion. I am a reader. I love getti…

Started by Brenda Krupp

7 Jul 7, 2009
Reply by Sue

Principle #1: Balance the Basics

I had a hard time with this principle; not because I disagree with it but because I so agree with it. As I tried to think of discussion sta…

Started by Brenda Krupp

15 Jul 3, 2009
Reply by Penny Kittle

Part 1: The Mechanization of Teaching

The first two chapters of this book give us a historical context for the current reform movement. Newkirk shows us that the ideology behind…

Started by Brenda Krupp

23 Jun 11, 2009
Reply by Manuel Garces Jr.

Popular Culture as Literacy Tool (chapter 5)

"...I will argue, this "toxic" media environment provides cultural props that children can use to improvise their way into literacy." pg 92…

Started by Brenda Krupp

14 Jun 7, 2009
Reply by Ken C

Keeping it fresh

At the very end of Tom's video clip, he talks about being really reflective on what we do in the classroom. He refers to "laminated Lesson…

Started by mary anne kosmoski

0 May 25, 2009

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